Article published in:
Pragmatic Markers in Irish EnglishEdited by Carolina P. Amador-Moreno, Kevin McCafferty and Elaine Vaughan
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 258] 2015
► pp. 156–175
“’Tis mad, yeah”
Turn openers in Irish and British English
The study of pragmatic markers has stressed their function of relating segments
of discourse one to the other, including the functions of response to previous
talk and the marking of stance. This chapter investigates the turn-opening slot
as an important locus for pragmatic marking. Tao’s (2003) work on turn-openings
concluded that turn-openers were primarily lexical and linked with
prior talk. McCarthy’s (2002) study of single-word lexical response tokens
revealed variation in the use of tokens between British and North American
English but that work did not cover turn-openers in general. The present chapter
compares turn-openers in informal Irish and British English, focusing on
lexically freestanding pragmatic markers. The chapter discusses variety-specific
items in their role as turn-initial pragmatic markers.
Published online: 15 July 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.258.07mcc
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.258.07mcc
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